So whenever I stumble across a M/F romance that is wholly, deeply, joyfully queer, I pounce on it. Queer people in M/F relationships are often invisible, or made to feel like they are somehow “not queer enough.” This is true in life and in books, and it’s awful, harmful, and unacceptable in both cases.
There are lots of wonderful F/F and M/M stories out there, but those are only two of the many diverse pairings in which queer people find themselves. Queer M/F romances are just as valid as any other kind of queer romance. Equating queerness with same-gender attraction is a dangerous assumption that erases the experiences and identities of lots of queer people of all genders and sexualities.
But queer relationship does not equal same-gender relationship. I was looking for comforting books, and for me, queer love stories with happy endings are about as comforting as books can get. Since then, I have read some straight romances, but I still get the most joy from reading romances that center queer relationships. When I started reading romance a few years ago, I only read queer stories.
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